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Food for the Future

Stories from the Alternative Agro-food Movement
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Food for the Future: Stories from the Alternative Agro-food Movement is about different foods, the stories they contain, and most of all the people in the stories. John Brueggemann interviewed dozens of farmers, chefs, non-profit managers, consumers, teachers, and healthcare providers. He argues that their individual stories point towards larger patterns that have shaped the alternative agro-food movement, and that other factors, including the environmental movement, farms, lifestyle movements, and consumers have all played a crucial role in its rise. The author concludes that the alternative agro-food movement is providing a countervailing force relative to mainstream market culture, and that instead of efficiency, profit, consumption, individualism and short-term thinking, the alternative agro-food movement emphasizes meaning, need, creation, community, and long-term thinking.
John Brueggemann is professor and chair in the Department of Sociology at Skidmore College.
Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Moral Foundations and Market Culture Chapter 2: The Ugly Story of the American Food System Chapter 3: Grounding Chapter 4: Extraction Chapter 5: Processing Chapter 6: Distribution Chapter 7: Consumption Chapter 8: Stewardship Chapter 9: Communication Chapter 10: Patterns Among Engaged Sustainers Chapter 11: Social Sources of Engagement Chapter 12: So What? Appendix A: Methods and Data Appendix B: Central Cast of Characters Appendix C: Glossary References About the Author
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